10/07/12
Ya. It is my brothers birth day. He is turning 19. I may have missed his birth day but today I went to 3 different temple areas in Seim Reip: Angkor Vat, Angkor Thom, and Dop Prom.
The first one was Angkor Vat, we went there at 5 at the morning to see the sun rise. Then we returned to the hotel and ate breakfast and continued are journey to Dop Prom. Dop Prom has gigantic trees and was originally Buddhist and was converted to Hindu. It was gigantic and I am so surprised that they got the stones there from a querie 50 kilometers away.
Then we went to Angkor Vat again to take a tour. It is opposite from Dop Prom because it was not converted from Buddhist to Hindu but Hindu to Buddhist. It was the seventh ancient wonder and is now the eleventh. It is pretty bid and the carving were so detailed at amazing for there age of building.
Then we went to Angkor Thom and saw 2 temples. Angkor Thom is a huge amount of ancient wonders that used to be a city that housed 1 million people. It also so small it would be so cramped and super busy every day. The temples we saw were Bayon witch has 4 Buddha faces on each tower and a tower for all provenances. Then we saw another temple witch I forget the name of. Then we saw the royal palace.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
08/07/12
Today we visited the Royal palace in the heart of Phnom Penh. Each day the staff wears a different color, I forgot the colors but i will post them later. We also went to a cooking class and a movie.
In the time that the french had colinies in Cambodia there was a lot of conflict and when the french returned to there country the government gave Cambodia a entire house imported on a ship all the way from France. That is so amazing and crazy. They took it apart and sent it peace by paece to here.
There is a temple there at the palace that it floors are covered with pure silver. the call it the silver pagoda but all the locals call it the emerald pagoda because it has a pure emerand Buddha in it. They also had a statue of Buddha made of pure gold and it way 180 pound mined right here in Cambodia.
Today we visited the Royal palace in the heart of Phnom Penh. Each day the staff wears a different color, I forgot the colors but i will post them later. We also went to a cooking class and a movie.
In the time that the french had colinies in Cambodia there was a lot of conflict and when the french returned to there country the government gave Cambodia a entire house imported on a ship all the way from France. That is so amazing and crazy. They took it apart and sent it peace by paece to here.
There is a temple there at the palace that it floors are covered with pure silver. the call it the silver pagoda but all the locals call it the emerald pagoda because it has a pure emerand Buddha in it. They also had a statue of Buddha made of pure gold and it way 180 pound mined right here in Cambodia.
09/07/12
Today is the day we are going to Seim Reip. It is the old capital of Cambodia. Phnom Penh replaced it because it was centrally located and had 2 rivers were as Seim Reip has a small river. It is a 5 hour drive but is only 100 miles away from Phnom Penh. It is from Vail to Denver but it is more than twice as long.
On the way we stopped at a bath room and there were kids out of school selling mangoes, water melon, and pineapple. there was a live tarantula with its teeth cut out and we got to hold it.
Then we got to the Kool hotel (that is how you spell it). We set of to dinner at a french restaurant and went to the night market. It is a market that is only open at night.
Today is the day we are going to Seim Reip. It is the old capital of Cambodia. Phnom Penh replaced it because it was centrally located and had 2 rivers were as Seim Reip has a small river. It is a 5 hour drive but is only 100 miles away from Phnom Penh. It is from Vail to Denver but it is more than twice as long.
On the way we stopped at a bath room and there were kids out of school selling mangoes, water melon, and pineapple. there was a live tarantula with its teeth cut out and we got to hold it.
Then we got to the Kool hotel (that is how you spell it). We set of to dinner at a french restaurant and went to the night market. It is a market that is only open at night.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
07/07/12
Yesterday was the party day. On the last day we had the opportunity to have a party with the orphans. We woke up late and left at 9:30 instead of 7:30.
The first thing that we did was go to the market to buy a lot of food for the dinner party and extra supplies. At the market it was so crazy. People are every where, it is hot, and very cramped.
Then at about eleven we set off to the orphanage for our last time. We got there and the orphans set up the stage so pretty for their dances. The kids preform hip hop an traditional dances at wedings and celebrations to creat income. There were canvases painted to make it look like we were in a palace at a ball. We dance until about 5 and then we made bracelets for each other. Then we ate dinner and it looked so good.( we are not soposed to eat the food because we will get sick). Then we watch the orphans do there dance and it was so great. They had hip hop and a lot of other dances. Then we dance some more and it was time to go. We were going to go at 7 but by the time every one was in the tuk tuk it was 8:30. Every one cried so much and I got so many hug. That was the hardest thing I had dun yet. Some of them we were so close to we were calling them sisters or brothers. It is crazy to thing in a course of 12 day we could make so many friend and then loose them all like that. It is just so sad.
Yesterday was the party day. On the last day we had the opportunity to have a party with the orphans. We woke up late and left at 9:30 instead of 7:30.
The first thing that we did was go to the market to buy a lot of food for the dinner party and extra supplies. At the market it was so crazy. People are every where, it is hot, and very cramped.
Then at about eleven we set off to the orphanage for our last time. We got there and the orphans set up the stage so pretty for their dances. The kids preform hip hop an traditional dances at wedings and celebrations to creat income. There were canvases painted to make it look like we were in a palace at a ball. We dance until about 5 and then we made bracelets for each other. Then we ate dinner and it looked so good.( we are not soposed to eat the food because we will get sick). Then we watch the orphans do there dance and it was so great. They had hip hop and a lot of other dances. Then we dance some more and it was time to go. We were going to go at 7 but by the time every one was in the tuk tuk it was 8:30. Every one cried so much and I got so many hug. That was the hardest thing I had dun yet. Some of them we were so close to we were calling them sisters or brothers. It is crazy to thing in a course of 12 day we could make so many friend and then loose them all like that. It is just so sad.
06/07/12
Today was our last work day. We had one more day that the first group so we got 1 extra day. Today is that extra day. Pretty much we played with the orphans the entire day.
I hung out with one of my favorite orphans Houn for a lot of the day. Houn came to the orphanage at four years old with his cousin. Both his mom and dad died when he was little. Before he came to the orphanage he danced and begged on the streets of the capital with only a little bit older cousin to look out for him. I am so happy he came to this orphanage so that he could survive and one day meet me.
Me and Bret went over to the pig pen and began to disinfect all the surfaces because the pig can get very sick very easily and we just got here today and don't want here to get sick. After that we filled up the pig pen bath and I had to try it out it was amazing and I could not wait to take a shower.
Today was our last work day. We had one more day that the first group so we got 1 extra day. Today is that extra day. Pretty much we played with the orphans the entire day.
I hung out with one of my favorite orphans Houn for a lot of the day. Houn came to the orphanage at four years old with his cousin. Both his mom and dad died when he was little. Before he came to the orphanage he danced and begged on the streets of the capital with only a little bit older cousin to look out for him. I am so happy he came to this orphanage so that he could survive and one day meet me.
Me and Bret went over to the pig pen and began to disinfect all the surfaces because the pig can get very sick very easily and we just got here today and don't want here to get sick. After that we filled up the pig pen bath and I had to try it out it was amazing and I could not wait to take a shower.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
05/07/12
Today is my mom's birthday. Yes I know this blog is all about are work, literally, but this is a special day for me and a very sad one so I just want to say something:
Happy birthday mom, I love you so much and I hope you have a great vacation.
So now to the work of the day. When we arrived at the orphanage we were greeted by many people and we saw Ret the oldest kid who dose not live at the orphanage but comes every day to see us. Ret has 5 siblings at the orphanage. Ret has a mom who is HIV positive and he lives with her in the slums. He works to pay for the food and other expenses because his mom can not. He was going to work but didn't because he wanted to help us with our projects to improve his siblings life at the orphanage, and to play with us. It is sad and empowering that he works so hard, not for himself, but also for his mom and to keep them alive; that is real love. Ret has 3 jobs: he sells newspaper. pours concrete in the capitol, and 1 other that I can not recall.
First we had to mop the stage and clean the children's bathroom. When we do the work the children do it so it is important to clean both the stage and the bath room every 2 days. The stage was easy because it just had dirt and it is were the orphans eat sleep and play so it was important. Then Bret and I cleaned the bathroom but it very important because when they see us doing it they want to do it and the bathrooms needed to be cleaned because there is only 1 for the kids. That was not fun but it was a consequence because of our unclean room. It was done and over within 30 minutes.
Then in the after noon Bret and I helped build the frame of the roof for the new pigpen. It will shelter the pig in the rainy season and will cool her of in the summer because of the shade the roof provides and that was very fun work because I love to build so I had much fun.
Today is my mom's birthday. Yes I know this blog is all about are work, literally, but this is a special day for me and a very sad one so I just want to say something:
Happy birthday mom, I love you so much and I hope you have a great vacation.
So now to the work of the day. When we arrived at the orphanage we were greeted by many people and we saw Ret the oldest kid who dose not live at the orphanage but comes every day to see us. Ret has 5 siblings at the orphanage. Ret has a mom who is HIV positive and he lives with her in the slums. He works to pay for the food and other expenses because his mom can not. He was going to work but didn't because he wanted to help us with our projects to improve his siblings life at the orphanage, and to play with us. It is sad and empowering that he works so hard, not for himself, but also for his mom and to keep them alive; that is real love. Ret has 3 jobs: he sells newspaper. pours concrete in the capitol, and 1 other that I can not recall.
First we had to mop the stage and clean the children's bathroom. When we do the work the children do it so it is important to clean both the stage and the bath room every 2 days. The stage was easy because it just had dirt and it is were the orphans eat sleep and play so it was important. Then Bret and I cleaned the bathroom but it very important because when they see us doing it they want to do it and the bathrooms needed to be cleaned because there is only 1 for the kids. That was not fun but it was a consequence because of our unclean room. It was done and over within 30 minutes.
Then in the after noon Bret and I helped build the frame of the roof for the new pigpen. It will shelter the pig in the rainy season and will cool her of in the summer because of the shade the roof provides and that was very fun work because I love to build so I had much fun.
04/07/12
Yeah!!!! Today is the fourth of July!!! I was so exited as we woke up and I looked other at Bret and said, "Hey, it is the fourth of July." Normally I would go get candy at the Vail parade and then go party, but today I did something more important. We saw that at the orphanage there is a small close line made of wood and when it was full they would hang there close on the fence and they would blow away when the wind picked up. So we decided to build a 8 clothes lines so there clothes would all be in one space so if it rains it is easy to get it.
It first started as we took small machetes and trimmed the grass and its root so there would be dirt. we then proceeded to rake the ground until it was lunch time.it was very important to do this and remove all the roots so grass wont grow back. So we ate lunch, played with the orphans for a little while and then we git back to work. After lunch we put up the poles, strung the strings, and then we continued pulling up roots and making it spotlees and this took a intire day. it was good because now they will have a spot to hang there clothes and it will help them when it rains because it will all be in one space.
Yeah!!!! Today is the fourth of July!!! I was so exited as we woke up and I looked other at Bret and said, "Hey, it is the fourth of July." Normally I would go get candy at the Vail parade and then go party, but today I did something more important. We saw that at the orphanage there is a small close line made of wood and when it was full they would hang there close on the fence and they would blow away when the wind picked up. So we decided to build a 8 clothes lines so there clothes would all be in one space so if it rains it is easy to get it.
It first started as we took small machetes and trimmed the grass and its root so there would be dirt. we then proceeded to rake the ground until it was lunch time.it was very important to do this and remove all the roots so grass wont grow back. So we ate lunch, played with the orphans for a little while and then we git back to work. After lunch we put up the poles, strung the strings, and then we continued pulling up roots and making it spotlees and this took a intire day. it was good because now they will have a spot to hang there clothes and it will help them when it rains because it will all be in one space.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
03/07/12
Yesterday in the afternoon a group of people went to the market and ordered some stuff to build the pig pen. It arrived that day but it was time to go. So we woke up and got in the tuk tuk and we went off to the orphanage to build the pig pen. When we got there we said hello and got straight to work. I knew i would love this work because it is important and i love to build. From what i understand we get a female pig and the neighbors bring the male and they mate and the female pays the male and the female keeps the babies.
First we washed all the bricks that we found laying around to make them leave with each other. And then after that we made the cement to hold the bricks together. First we mixed sand and cement mix with water and let it sit for 5 minutes. Me and 2 of the older boys did it and it is not easy work. Then we laid the brick and let them sit as we ate lunch. After lunch we use cement and smoothed out the layers of the bricks.
Then we left the orphanage to go to the guest house and we went to the airport to pick up a bag that was left there and we went to go get them and then he went to the guest house not with us and then we stood there for 1 1/2 hours and we went home, ate dinner, and now i'm going to bed.
Yesterday in the afternoon a group of people went to the market and ordered some stuff to build the pig pen. It arrived that day but it was time to go. So we woke up and got in the tuk tuk and we went off to the orphanage to build the pig pen. When we got there we said hello and got straight to work. I knew i would love this work because it is important and i love to build. From what i understand we get a female pig and the neighbors bring the male and they mate and the female pays the male and the female keeps the babies.
First we washed all the bricks that we found laying around to make them leave with each other. And then after that we made the cement to hold the bricks together. First we mixed sand and cement mix with water and let it sit for 5 minutes. Me and 2 of the older boys did it and it is not easy work. Then we laid the brick and let them sit as we ate lunch. After lunch we use cement and smoothed out the layers of the bricks.
Then we left the orphanage to go to the guest house and we went to the airport to pick up a bag that was left there and we went to go get them and then he went to the guest house not with us and then we stood there for 1 1/2 hours and we went home, ate dinner, and now i'm going to bed.
Monday, July 2, 2012
02/07/12
Today we went back to the orphanage in the outskirts of Phonm Penh and I was so exited to be back. Every one gave us big hugs and thanked us for coming as we walked in. I was so glad to be back with my good friend Nerot (or at least I think that is how you spell it). We were greeted with many hugs and then we went in.
Today was the day we distributed clothes to all the orphans. They each received a shirt, pants, and underwear. Then we had a surprise visitor Daniel. He built the well at CPO and he came back to visit the orphans. After that we washed their clothes and bodies, so everyone was clean. The kids are so appreciative and so nice to all of us. Then we picked up the trash and ordered supplies to build the fence that will go around the orphanage.
Today we went back to the orphanage in the outskirts of Phonm Penh and I was so exited to be back. Every one gave us big hugs and thanked us for coming as we walked in. I was so glad to be back with my good friend Nerot (or at least I think that is how you spell it). We were greeted with many hugs and then we went in.
Today was the day we distributed clothes to all the orphans. They each received a shirt, pants, and underwear. Then we had a surprise visitor Daniel. He built the well at CPO and he came back to visit the orphans. After that we washed their clothes and bodies, so everyone was clean. The kids are so appreciative and so nice to all of us. Then we picked up the trash and ordered supplies to build the fence that will go around the orphanage.
01/07/12
Today we packed our donation bags and headed of to 2 different orphanages SFODA and PIO.
The SFODA orphanage is on the river and has 2 parts on ether side of the road. One side has the kitchen in it and the other has the school and the beds. It was very different because it was a little more organized and nicer than the orphanage that we go to called CPO.
Then we went to the markets to buy food for the orphans and it was so different because in America all of the markets are enclosed and they keep all the flies away. In Phnom Penh it is different because the food is out all day in the sun and the flies are eating the food.
Then we went to the PIO orphanage. It was on the outside of the trash dump, but the facility was nice and they just built a new school. We colored with the orphans. Then we listened to the facts about PIO and then had a dance party, which lasted for hours.
Today we packed our donation bags and headed of to 2 different orphanages SFODA and PIO.
The SFODA orphanage is on the river and has 2 parts on ether side of the road. One side has the kitchen in it and the other has the school and the beds. It was very different because it was a little more organized and nicer than the orphanage that we go to called CPO.
Then we went to the markets to buy food for the orphans and it was so different because in America all of the markets are enclosed and they keep all the flies away. In Phnom Penh it is different because the food is out all day in the sun and the flies are eating the food.
Then we went to the PIO orphanage. It was on the outside of the trash dump, but the facility was nice and they just built a new school. We colored with the orphans. Then we listened to the facts about PIO and then had a dance party, which lasted for hours.
30/06/12
At 6 o'clock and we woke up and ate breakfast.We went to the orphanage and on the way we saw so many people in poverty and it made my cry a little.Our orphanage is on the outskirts of Phnom Phen and it is in a slum areas. The slum are every where and it is very sad to see them. people live day by day on the edge of starvation not knowing if they will make it another day. They beg for money which most people ignore and then they go back to there house with no walls of card board walls it is very sad.
Today we took a tour of the nearby slum. We went into it and saw where the old orphanage was.I was so grateful that they got out of there with the help of some Japanese sponsors. After we visited the old orphanage spot we went to the local school in the slum. It was an average school for Cambodia. In the beginning they needed to get people there so they gave them rice for perfect attendance. We have it so good in America and some people don't even know how fortunate we are.
At 6 o'clock and we woke up and ate breakfast.We went to the orphanage and on the way we saw so many people in poverty and it made my cry a little.Our orphanage is on the outskirts of Phnom Phen and it is in a slum areas. The slum are every where and it is very sad to see them. people live day by day on the edge of starvation not knowing if they will make it another day. They beg for money which most people ignore and then they go back to there house with no walls of card board walls it is very sad.
Today we took a tour of the nearby slum. We went into it and saw where the old orphanage was.I was so grateful that they got out of there with the help of some Japanese sponsors. After we visited the old orphanage spot we went to the local school in the slum. It was an average school for Cambodia. In the beginning they needed to get people there so they gave them rice for perfect attendance. We have it so good in America and some people don't even know how fortunate we are.
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